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Real Property Dispositions
… procedures to help ensure it received appropriate payment amounts from the sales of real property. Background The Port …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/07/28/real-property-dispositionsTax Exemption Administration In the Towns of Babylon, Brookhaven, Huntington, Islip and Smithtown (2019MR-1)
Determine whether town assessors in Suffolk County are properly administering select real property tax exemptions.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/pdf/global-2019-mr-1.pdfTown of Cohocton – Town Clerk Cash Shortage (2014M-325)
… March 17, 2014. Background The Town of Cohocton is located in Steuben County and has a population of approximately … failed to record certain tax collections and penalties in the cash receipts journal. The Board did not audit the … on a weekly basis. Accurately record all collections in the cash receipts journal and deposit all collections in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2015/05/15/town-cohocton-town-clerk-cash-shortage-2014m-325Lancaster Central School District – Financial Management (2022M-37)
… officials properly managed fund balance and reserve funds. Key Findings The Board and District officials did not properly manage fund balance and reserve funds. The Board and District officials: Did not implement … officials properly managed fund balance and reserve funds …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/08/05/lancaster-central-school-district-financial-management-2022m-37DiNapoli: New Law Will Help Local Governments Weather Coronavirus Pandemic
… amid the COVID-19 pandemic has been signed into law, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced … extraordinary fiscal times without unnecessary reliance on the property tax. Comptroller DiNapoli clearly knows and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/08/dinapoli-new-law-will-help-local-governments-weather-coronavirus-pandemicDiNapoli: NYC Faces Unprecedented Fiscal and Economic Challenges
… New York City, New York state and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority … to balance its budget. Congress is currently debating the size and content of another COVID-19 relief bill, but the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/08/dinapoli-nyc-faces-unprecedented-fiscal-and-economic-challengesDiNapoli Releases Fiscal Stress Scores for Villages and Cities
… DiNapoli said. “The relief funds are temporary, so it is critical that local communities make changes, including … can use this tool to assist in budget planning, which is especially helpful during periods of revenue and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-releases-fiscal-stress-scores-villages-and-citiesTown of Dresden – Financial Condition and Town Clerk Operations (2016M-369)
… condition and to examine the Town Clerk’s operations for the period January 1, 2012 through May 31, 2016. … an elected five-member Town Board. Budgeted appropriations for 2016 totaled approximately $1.1 million. Key Findings The … in a timely manner. The Board did not audit or provide for an annual audit of the Clerk's records. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2017/11/21/town-dresden-financial-condition-and-town-clerk-operations-2016m-369Town of Almond - Tax Collection (2019M-188)
Determine whether the Town Clerk (Clerk) recorded, deposited and remitted real property tax collections in a timely and accurate manner.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/pdf/almond-2019-188.pdfOpinion 95-3
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … the county imposes a 3% sales tax on utility services, restaurant meals, hotel room occupancy, amusement admissions … imposed in the area of the county outside the city must be allocated to the area of the county outside the city in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-95-3Town of Stony Point – Budget Review (B6-13-15)
… and expenditure projections in the Town’s tentative budget for the 2014 fiscal year are reasonable. Background The Town … fund operating deficits to submit their tentative budgets for the next fiscal year to the State Comptroller for review while the deficit obligations are outstanding. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/10/15/town-stony-point-budget-review-b6-13-15Sweet Home Central School District – Financial Management (2022M-166)
… the Sweet Home Central School District’s (District) Board of Education (Board) and District officials properly managed … which was improperly restricted in a debt reserve as of June 30, 2021. The Board unnecessarily appropriated $2 . 4 million of fund balance each year and real property taxes were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/03/31/sweet-home-central-school-district-financial-management-2022m-166Fishers Fire District – Financial Condition (2021M-128)
… report - pdf ] Audit Objective Determine whether the Board of Commissioners (Board) effectively managed the Fishers Fire … taxes were levied than needed to fund operations. As of December 31, 2020, the unassigned fund balance increased … action. Appendix B includes our comment on issues raised in the District’s response. … Determine whether the Board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2021/10/29/fishers-fire-district-financial-condition-2021m-128Town of Carlisle – Fund Balance (2017M-106)
… 7, 2017. Background The Town of Carlisle is located in Schoharie County and has a population of approximately …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2017/11/20/town-carlisle-fund-balance-2017m-106DiNapoli: New Yorkers Could Lose $72B in Reported State and Local Tax Deductions Under Trump Plan
… $72 billion in reported deductions for income and property taxes if proposals to change the federal tax code are implemented, according to a report … and local finances in ways that are hard to predict." On Sept. 27, 2017, Congressional Republican leaders and the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-new-yorkers-could-lose-72b-reported-state-and-local-tax-deductions-under-trump-planFederal Receipts – Federal Funding and New York
… of New York State’s Budget: In State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025, federal receipts totaled $96.7 billion, 38.8 percent of … Federal Receipts Received by New York State, SFYs 2005 – 2025 Federal Receipts as Share of All Receipts, SFYs 2005 – 2025 Sources: Office of the New York State Comptroller, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/federal-receiptsOpinion 2002-15
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Town Charges (street … STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Lighting (as townwide charge in towns) TOWNS -- Powers and Duties (maintenance of town … You ask whether the cost of expenses for street lighting in a town and for maintaining a building used as the town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-15Opinion 2002-15
You ask whether the cost of expenses for street lighting in a town and for maintaining a building used as the town hall are raised by taxes levied on a townwide
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-15-0Opinion 2003-6
… MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Part-Town Charges (raising costs for town police department in town that includes village with … is in reply to your inquiry concerning taxes levied to support the operation a police department in a town that … territory of one village and a portion of another village. You indicate that the village that is partly within the town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2003-6South Mountain Hickory Common School District – Financial Management (2022M-49)
… Key Recommendations Establish budget appropriations based on historical expenditures that are adjusted for reasonably …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/24/south-mountain-hickory-common-school-district-financial-management-2022m